There are a variety of abbreviations and acronyms used at Midland and on our website. Here is a brief list - if you have additional suggestions, please let us know!

A&P - Anatomy & Physiology. Upper-level science class for high school students

ABC - Adventist Book Center. A Christian book store selling a wide variety of products, including vegetarian meat substitutes

ACT- American College Testing. A standardized test taken by high school students. Used to determine college eligibility and scholarship levels.

BAR - Broken Arrow Ranch. Youth camp where a number of our high school students work during the summer. Each August our high school students spend three days here; also the site for September's Environmental Camp for grades 5 and 6.

BJV - Boys Junior Varsity. One of the basketball teams available at Midland

BMS - Boys Middle School. One of the basketball teams available at Midland.

CogAT - Cognative Abilities Test. Standardized test taken by elementary students during September

FACTS - Financial system used to evaluate requests for financial aid at school

GMS - Girls Middle School. One of the volleyball/basketball teams available at Midland.

GV - Girls Varsity. One of the volleyball/basketball teams available at Midland.

K12BTSN - K-12 Back to School Night. An annual first-day-of-school meeting for parents and other interested parties

RenWeb -Well, RenWeb! A Registrars package for recording student information and grades. Used by the ParentWeb portal to provide high school parents the ability to access grades on line.

IT - Iowa Testing. Standardized test taken by elementary students during September (formerly known as ITBS)

KAIRS - Kansas Association of Religious and Independent Schools. Midland holds accreditation with this statewide educational organization. It is largest organization of non-public schools in the state, and has been in existence for more than 40 years.

KCAYSL - Kansas City Adventists Youth Softball League. An open summer softball league for kids that takes place on the Midland school fields. Now run by the i9 Sports organization.